Critics of circumcision have argued that the practice could be illegal on minors under the Offences Against the Person Act and have attacked the British Medical Association's position on the procedure as 'unethical.'

A growing number of Jews are in favor of banning circumcision on minors. These Jews recognize a minor's right to their own body, a right that supersedes the rights of a parent to harm the body of a child in the name of religion.

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July 28, 2011 - 4:33pm

Kathryn Mora Testifying in Support of the MGM Bill at the Massachusetts State House

The "Debate on Circumcision" at a Manhattan Jewish center marked a milestone for the ongoing movement to ban circumcision. Celebrity Rabbi Shmuley Boteach debated Eliyahu Ungar-Sargon, director of the film CUT: Slicing through the myths of circumcision.